Conditional use of honest signaling by a Batesian mimic

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 575-580

  Nelson, Ximena J ^a,c   Jackson, Robert R ^a   Li, Daiqin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antipredator behavior; Ants; Batesian mimicry; Salticidae; Signals

Indexed keywords

ANT; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAMILY STRUCTURE; FIELD SURVEY; HONEST SIGNALING; MIMICRY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; FORMICIDAE; MYRMARACHNE; SALTICIDAE;

EID: 33745617701     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arj068     Document Type: Article

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